At present, 26% of covide beds are occupied in the Košice hospital. Therefore, they expect the arrival of the Omicron wave in the near future. Eleven patients in critical condition need a connection to artificial lung ventilation, seven patients receive high-flow oxygen through high-flow oxygen devices.
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We expect the situation to worsen
“The situation is stable in terms of the number of covid hospitalizations. However, after several weeks of declining patients, we are seeing a change in recent days. Hospitalizations have stopped declining for us. Their numbers have even increased slightly over the weekend.” said Ján Slávik, General Director of UNLP Košice.
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OAIM department in Košice Hospital
Source: UNLP Košice
According to him, this indicates that the situation is beginning to change. “In the near future, we can expect a worsening of the situation and an increase in the number of patients, as expected during the omicron wave,” clarified.
Omicron has almost 10% hospitalized and almost 80% treated on an outpatient basis
“Based on RT-PCR detection of several mutations typical of Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we have up to 10% of hospitalized omicron-positive patients at UNLP.” said the hospital’s spokeswoman Monika Krišková, adding that in patients who were examined on an outpatient basis on January 17-18, 2022, it was up to 80%. According to current data, 77% of patients hospitalized at UNLP are not vaccinated, 6% have received a single dose, and 17% are fully vaccinated.
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We are preparing for omicron wool
UNLP currently has 26% occupancy of metal beds, in the most critical times it was at 100%. “We are currently actively preparing for the omicron wave, given the expectations of a large influx of patients in the coming weeks,” said Ľuboslav Beňa, Executive Director of UNLP Košice for Medical and Preventive Care.
“Based on the government resolution on the proposal to create emergency medical facilities at the time of the humanitarian catastrophe due to the development of the epidemiological situation in the Slovak Republic, we are preparing to create a metal workshop that would ease the situation of the current metal surgery clinic and allow patients to seek available medical care.” he added.